Highlights

Visit one of the regions renowned cheese farms and a wooden shoe maker

Round trip transportation in an air-conditioned coach

Visit the charming rural towns of Zaanse Schans, Marken and Volendam

Enjoy a boat trip to or from Marken Island

Overview

This wonderful half day excursion from Amsterdam introduces you to some of the rich traditions and fine scenery of the Netherlands.

Admire the monumental and colourful Windmills of Zaanse Schans. The Zaanse Schans is full of traditional green-timbered houses and warehouses. The characteristic green wooden houses, hump-backed bridges and windmills perfectly embody the picture-perfect landscape for which Holland is so well known.

Visit the Volendam Museum where you can learn more about the history and culture of this village and neighboring area or get a chance to attend a fish auction Volendam.

Visit the picturesque fishing villages of Volendam and Marken. Witness the cheese making, the traditional Dutch method which is still used to make cheese. Enjoy a Boat trip to/from former island of Marken and take in the beauty of the views on your way.

Itinerary

The tour starts from Damrak 26 in Amsterdam. You will travel by coach.

Leave the city of Amsterdam behind to explore the Dutch countryside. Your luxury coach will take you to the Zaanse Schans with its many unique windmills. After a stop for photos of the windmills, visit a clog-maker to discover how the traditional wooden shoes are made also known as Klompen.

You will then proceed to the small charming fishing villages of Marken and Volendam on the coast of the former Zuiderzee (now called IJselmeer). Decode the secret of making world famous Dutch cheese when you visit a traditional cheese farm. Enjoy a Boat trip to/from former island of Marken and take in the beauty of the views on your way.

Activity Schedule

When does it run?

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Meeting point

Tour departs from 26 Damrak, Amsterdam. 26 Damrak is a 5 minute walk from the Central Station. As you come out of Central Station it is the street straight in front of you which leads to the Dam Square.

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